Species Pilumnus fissifrons Stimpson, 1858
Tasselled Crab
- Pilumnus fissifrons Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Cancroidea et Coryoidea: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars IV. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 31-40 [36].
Type data:
Holotype ♂ (presumed lost in Chicago fire of 1871), Port Jackson, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Subtidal.
General References
Takeda, M. & Miyake, S. 1968. Pilumnid crabs of the family Xanthidae from the West Pacific. I. Twenty-three species of the genus Pilumnus, with description of four new species. Ohmu. Occasional Papers of Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 1(1): 1-60 figs 1-13 pls 1-4 [15] (redescription)
History of changes
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |